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Concept of Community based resources Human Resources Natural Resources Presented By, Alfia Asharaf Mathematics
COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING •
Community based learning refers to a wide variety of instructional methods and programs that educators use to connect what is being taught in schools to their surrounding communities, including local institutions, history, literature, cultural heritage and natural enviornments.
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Community based learning is also motivated by the belief that all communities have intrinsic educational assets and resources that educators can use to enhance learning experiences for students.
CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY BASED RESOURCES •
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Proponents of community based generally argue that the students will be more interested in the subject and concepts being taught, and they will be more inspired to learn, if academic study is connected to concepts, issues, and contexts that are more familiar, understandable, accessible or personally relevant to them.
By using community as a class room, teachers can improve knowledge retention, skill acquisition and preparation for adult life because of students can be given more opportunities apply learning in practical, real life settings – by researching a local ecosystem.
APPROACHES IN COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING
Instructional Connections In this form of community based learning teachers would make explicit and purposeful connections between the material being taught in the class room and local issues, contexts and concepts.
Community Integration In this approach educators might take advantages of local experts by inviting them into the school to give presentations, participate in panel discussions, or mentor students who are working on a long term research project. The school may also partner with a local organization or group to provide additional learning experience.
Community Participation In this approach, students would learn, at least in part , by actively participating in their community. In this scenario, students are learning both within and outside of the school walls and participatory community based learned experiences would be connected in some way to the schools academic program.
Citizen Action This approach would be considered by some experts and educators to be the fullest or most authentic realization of community based learning. Students not only learn from and in their community, but they also use what they are learning to influence, change or give back to the community in some meaningful way.
NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE
Provide new experience to students. Helps to develop scientific attitude and skills. Helps to develop creativity and imagination. Helps to raise questions, doubts and to develop interest in subjects. Helps to develop enviornmental knowledge. Helps to develop problem solving skill. Provide stimulation and encouragement for individual construction of knowledge. Provide new information to students.
Creates interest in scientific knowledge related to ones surrounding. Create interest in latest invention and discoveries.
HUMAN RESOURCES Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who comprise the work force of an organization. In education, it is the resource that residues in the knowledge, skills and motivation of students. In this particular context human resources are mainly the locally available experts in math who helps in teaching learning process. Teachers are considered as the knowledge resources. A TEACHER who employs the socio cultural approach to teach mathematics would design a learning task through which students can interact with experts.
It is a process of guided participation and interaction of learning by solving problems just beyond a student’s current capability with the help of a more expert other via scaffolding.
Experts do not necessarily imply mathematicians. Teachers are most often the experts in real classrooms, and continuing professional development strengthens their expertise in mathematics.
Some Human Resources available in Mathematics are:
Teachers Mathematicians Key resource persons Retired teachers and professors Teaching assistant Teaching experts in coaching centers. Research scholars Advanced peers Well trained parents E- tutors etc.
NATURAL RESOURCES A natural resource is anything that people can use which comes from nature. People do not make natural resources, but gather them from the each examples of natural resources are air, water, wood, oil etc.
Among them we can see the mathematical aspects such as similarities, geometric shapes, ratio and proportion etc.
Mathematical aspects found in enviornmental phenomena:
Congruence Similarity Ratio and proportion Geometric shapes Symmetric property
Congruence
Any two geometric figures are said to be congruent if they can be made to coincide (fit exactly on each other) Congruent means exactly agreeing. They are exactly alike in all respects of figures having all corresponding parts equal in nature. Congruency are mostly proved by superimposition So any figure can be exactly reproduced any where. The congruence can be seen even in nature. There are many examples for that.
Examples are as following
Similarity Figures that have the same shape but not necessarily the same size are called similar figures.
Two conditions that are requisite for similarity are same shape and proportionate dimensions.
Similarity applies to surface (and solids) rather than lines.
Examples are as following
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Flowers of a same plant
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Leaves of a same plant
Ratio and Proportion Ratio is the number which gives the relation of certain quantity to another quantity.
When four terms are so related that the ratio of the first to second is same as the ratio of the third to fourth, they are said to be in proportion.
Examples are as following •
Distance of our eyes to chin with a distance of eye to mouth.
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Golden ratios in nature
Geometric shapes
Mathematics is an instrument for the study of nature. Geometry is a part of mathematics. Irregular shapes in our life would add more complications. There are different shapes in geometry called polygons. Polygons include triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons etc. called 2D shapes. Polyhedrons or tetrahedrons include cubes, pyramids, etc. are called 3D geometric shapes. Shapes may be bounded by curve such as circle or the ellipse. These shapes makes our nature more interesting. It makes our enviornment so beautiful and attractive.
• Example are as following
Symmetric property Symmetry is when one shape becomes exactly like another if you flip, slide or turn it. The simplest type of symmetry is reflection symmetry.
Examples are as following: